Improvement in sewing-tables



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEANDER J. FLING AND ABEL LAND, VOF HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,355, dated June 23,187.4 application filed April 2S, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEANDER J. FLING and ABEL LAND, of Hillsdale, inthe c ounty of Hillsdale and State of Michigan, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Sewing-Tables; and we do hereby declarethat the .following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters ofreference marked thereon', which form a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construct-ion andarrangement of a sewingtable; and consists in an improvement upon ourpatent, No. 145,858, in providing the brace, formed of one piece, with aloop in the center,- and combining the same with a spring of peculiarform, so that the two parts form the entire mechanism for holding thelegs in proper position; also, in the construction and arrangement of abastinghook, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionappertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-nFigure l is a bottom view with the legs folded. Fig. 2 is a bottom viewwith the legs extended. Fig. 3 is a section through line x a', Fig. 2.Fi et is a section'through line y y,

Fig. 2, and Figs. 5 and G are details.

A represent-s the table-top, provided on its under side, near each end,with a crossbar, B, securely fastened thereto to keep it from warping.At each end of the table are two legs, C C, which are iirmly fastened bytheir upper ends to a cross-bar, D. This cross-bar revolves, one-fourthof a revolution, in clips E E, which are fastened to the under sides ofthe table-top A and the stationary cross-bar B, the revolving cross-barbeing placed against the inner side of said stationary cross-bar. Thelegs C C are further connected by a round, G, around which, at the endsor other suitable points, are placed the ends of a wire brace, H, madeof one piece, and forming a loop, a, in the middle. This loop passesover a wire spring, b, fastened a-t one end to the under their peculiarconstruction, in connection `with the groove in the table, form acomplete device for holding the legs in position, thus simplifying theconstruction by using a less number of parts, and making the device(more simple in usc. 0n the outer side of one of the stationarycross-bars B is attached the end of a spring wire, h, which extendsforward under the end of the table-top, and the front end of said wireis bent upward, forming a hook, 'L'. This hook passes up through a holein the top A, and is held by means of a latch, f, so that the point ofthe hook will project a suitable distance above the table. The hook t'is used as a basting-hook, and when not needed for use the latch isturned to one side, when the hook springs down below the upper surfaceot' the table-top.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A p l.rlhe table-top A, groovcd ou the under side, and the spring-bar b,provided with the stop d, in combination with the brace H, having theloop ay and legs U, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The spring h, one end forming the hook t', and bar B, in combinationwith the perforated table-top A, and the pivoted latch f, allsubstantially as and for the purpose described. In testimony that weclaim the foregoing as our own we aiiix our signatures in presence oftwo witnesses.

' LEANDER J. FLING.

ABEL LAND.

lVitnesscs:

GEORGE C. MUNRo, L. R. WIsNER.

